BREAKING: Aleister Black officially confirms name change

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“Without this place, I wouldn’t have the WWEs, AEWs, and I only have the platform now because of people like you and companies like PROGRESS. I know wrestlers like to come out here and say that, but I’ve been PROGRESS from the start. That’s why, when I got released, Damo was the first one on the phone and said, ‘Come back.’ I said ‘Let’s do it’ He asked, ‘When? Where? How many times?’ I said, ‘However long you want,’ because I’m in for the long haul. Hey, you clearly made your preference ready, so it’s not Malakai Black, it’s Tommy End,” he declared.

Tommy End was the name that Aleister Black was known by throughout his time on the Independent Circuit before he was signed to WWE and later went to AEW.

Aleister Black only recently returned to WWE

This wasn’t the first time that Black was released by WWE, since the former champion was one of the names cut back in 2021. He then went on to make a name for himself as Malakai Black in AEW, before making his return in May 2025.

Aleister Black was finally reunited on SmackDown with his wife Zelina Vega, but this reunion lasted less than a year since the couple was surprisingly released back in April.

Many of those cuts came as a huge shock, but it was noted that SmackDown’s return to two hours was the reason behind so many cuts from the blue brand and the fact that the Wyatt Sicks were also released.

Wyatt Sicks were not given the opportunities they deserved on the brand and it was Nikki Cross who was able to buy Progress Wrestling following her release so that she could work with her husband, Killian Dain.

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